Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Armstrong, Herbert Stoker
Parallel form(s) of name
Armstrong, H.S.
Armstrong, H. S.
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Description area
Dates of existence
History
Herbert Stoker Armstrong was the first President of the University of Calgary. After serving as Dean of the Arts and Science Faculty at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, he came to the University of Alberta as Professor of Geology and Dean of the new Faculty of Science in 1962. He was appointed Vice-President (Academic) in 1963, and in 1964 became the first President of the University of Alberta at Calgary. When The University of Calgary received autonomy in 1966, he assumed the dual role of President and Vice-Chancellor, which he held until 1968.